Pakistanis go to polls despite increased terror attacks

3:15 PM,
May 11, 2013

Pakistani women line up outside a polling station waiting to cast their ballots in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But attacks that killed and wounded dozens of people underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)

Written by

Hani Yousuf and Lisa Friedman
Special for USA TODAY

Millions of voters defied terrorists in Pakistan on Saturday as they turned out at polling stations across the country despite continued violence, including a string of attacks that killed 24 people.

One attack targeted the office of the Awami National Party (ANP) on Saturday morning, killing 10 and wounding more than 30. In the town of Sorab in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, gunmen targeted people outside a polling station.

The violence comes following the deaths of more than 130 people in pre-election attacks including a suicide bombing, kidnappings and the slaying of the ...